Custodian

CustodianColorado Premium Lewisburg - Lewisburg, TN 37091OverviewPosition Type Full TimeDescriptionJob Title: Custodian Reports to: Technical Service ManagerSummary: This position provides tactical direction to custodial staff maintaining offices, rest facilities, locker rooms, cafeteria, and common areas. Follows applicable company policies and applicable standards, guidelines, and regulations to ensure a sanitary and compliant environment. Champions food safety, employee engagement, and teamwork to ensure a seamless flow of product.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Coordinates routine day-to-day custodial tasks for office spaces include dusting, vacuuming, disinfecting, emptying trash, cleaning, replenishing, and mopping according to business needs. Ensure staff assigned to work areas are properly cleaned and maintained in a safe and attractive manner.Monitors the cleaning of restrooms and locker facilities including cleaning and sanitizing toilets, basins, and urinals. Uses positive verbal and non-verbal skills to guide staff, advise coworkers, and coordinate with management. Ensure that staff follows proper techniques when mixing chemicals, disinfectants, and cleaning solutions. Ensures cleanliness of cafeteria facilities, including tabletops and floors. May be responsible for coordinating the set up and cleaning after the evening activities in assigned building for special events.Monitors assigned work areas for loss prevention, risk management, USDA compliance, and labor/employee relations promptly addressing or escalating issues or concerns. Promotes department and company goodwill through proactive employee communication and employee involvement. As an active participant, champions training & development and retention of qualified talent.Coaches employees in meeting Performance Measurement Standards (e.g. productivity, attendance, tardiness, safety, and quality), and communicates regarding pertinent information for daily, event or seasonal business issues. Monitors individual employee's productivity by training staff and reducing turnover.Works with Supervisors and other Leads to maintain knowledge of business metrics and efficiencies. Maintains departmental supplies, tools, and equipment. Implements processes and methods as directed Acts as a tactical resource to address and resolve inquiries and problems in their area/s.Performs routine walking and visual inspections of their area/s to observe unsafe acts or conditions; takes immediate corrective action where necessary to develop and meet plant safety goals. Is actively involved in safety efforts. Coaches employees to ensure adherence to safe operating procedures.Maintains adequate knowledge of products and equipment to coach employees in properly performing their job and meet established HACCP and USDA requirements; taking corrective or training actions as necessary. Ensure compliance with all safety and bloodborne pathogen protocols are followed. Is alert to needlesticks and other sharps-related injuries that may cause exposure to bloodborne pathogens.Education/Experience:High School or GED required; some college preferred.Three years progressive experience in commercial food operations, preferably in a protein-related industry.Functional knowledge of MS Office Suite and knowledge of industry product reporting systems.Ability to read and interpret documents such as letters, memoranda, invoices, policies, and other documentation.Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions, and to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. Sufficient mathematical skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals accurately. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage correctly. Ability to lead problem solving and troubleshooting efforts associated with operational-level process issues.